This is one of those rare cakes that makes me want to get the baking pans out again. I'm curious to try that big ball of daisies on top. (Although I'm guessing it must be a Styrofoam topper underneath to keep the weight manageable. Bakers? Do you concur?)

I don't know how you'd eat it, but boy, is that pretty. I also like the way the birthday girl's name is stamped into the side. It's such a clean, modern alternative to piping. (Not to mention easier, which - let's be honest - is also a major point in its favor.)

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While the little girl who loved pink, pink, pink in me is resurfacing, the cake that really speaks to me is that Cinderella coach one. Wow! Love it! And I was a Sleeping Beauty rather than a Cinderella fan as a girl; I think I just switched teams thanks to that cake.

The mouse on the coach cake is really freakin' cute, but the last cake is the one that really caught my eye. It's just... beautiful. I love the silver nonpareils and the way the name is stamped into the side. I could stare at those pictures for hours.

The animal on that first cake is plenty disturbing. Not only does that ferret (or whatever animal that's supposed to be) have an abnormally round head, a monstrously large eye, and an undersized snout, but it has no neck and its limbs and most of its torso have been chopped off.Why isn't this one calssified as a wreck?

I'm not much for pink either, but I must say I did love that castle. Naturally I had to look up plastic turret wrecks. Ouch. The saddest part? Sometimes these wrecks were used in advertising for the kit.

That Cinderella carriage cake is beyond stunning! :o And yes, that last one is lovely. I'm not much of a pink person either, but wow. I bet that would also look amazing in slightly varying shades of blue, yellow/orange, or purple/lavender.

I actually loved the first one... The nostalgia-value of the decoration is sweeter than the icing. LOL!!!I guess I'm showing my age here, though, the generations after me won't appreciate retro art. LOL!!!!!

I know how they ate it- You see those beads? Their actually candies. My friends Aunt had a baby shower and we thought the cookies were decoration, and we saw some one eating one so we tried it. Its a hard candy.

No day is complete without visiting this blog. And these cakes today are just beautiful!! But I can't believe that I'm the first one to say it... Those great Gerbera daisys? They're not on styrofoam. They're on... wait for it... EPCOT! ;)

I'm sorry but the squared cake is stepping in the border that divides a wreckage from a non wreckage. What a cool groom...I have to say that I hate pink, and that I find terribly and painfully ironical to see my name in that over-flowered and hyper-pink cake

All those cakes are so beautiful. I really loved that castle cake. It has my favorite colors on it and makes me wish I was a kid again just so I can have my own castle cake lol. Heck I might just get one anyways.

This may be a bit blasphemous (Blasphe-me! Blasphe-you! Blasphe-everybody in the world!), but I think that the first cake, although very skillfully made and somewhat cute, is also more than a bit creepy. I look at it and see a very well-wrought disembodied head.

But the castle, pumpkin carriage, and wedding dress are simply darling.

WV: dochea - I don't care how cute it is, dochea give me a cake with a disembodied head on it.

For those who don't *get* the first one, back in the 60's there was a style of art that featured big-eyed cartoony animals. In today's context, they're a bit saccharine sweet, and almost creepy. But I like the retro sweetness of it... in small doses. ;)

The first pic in this post shows some of doe-eyed deer from then:http://littlebrownboxshop.blogspot.com/2009/07/weekly-etsy-love-fawns.html

Anonymous sez:"For those who don't *get* the first one, back in the 60's there was a style of art that featured big-eyed cartoony animals. In today's context, they're a bit saccharine sweet, and almost creepy."

I was a child in the 60s, and believe me, they were creepy then, too. Even worse were the kids with huge eyes and (often) no mouths or no noses.

I am not a pink person at all (I am down with fuchsia though) so I didn't care for any of the cakes at first...I mean they were cute, and definitely well-made, and all very skillful and great and perfect for people who like that sort of thing, but...totally not my style.

But the last one - now that is really something. I hate pink and I like that cake. That's saying a lot.

I LOVE the birthday cake, but I honestly question the sanity of people who can afford to plop down hundreds of dollars on a first birthday cake. Srsly, how much did that run mom and dad??I luuurve the dear, though -- reminds me of Mark Ryden, which I know is totally un-cute and not girly at all, but oh, so cool!

I see sooooo much pink here in Utah! Haha, I've got nothing against pink, it's one of my favorites, but I agree it just seems a bit much for a wedding. Especially when it's the only color (+ white, of course).

Anyway, I know girls that somehow managed to get their husbands, groomsmen, and male relatives to wear full on bright, HOT pink vests and ties or details.

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